Flagstaff hobder



Sept. 11, 1923. 11,467,621

' H. F. BAA-HONEY FLAGSTAFF HOLDER Filed Jan. 31; 1923 FIG. 1

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Application filed January 31, 1923. Serial No. 616,213.

To allwhomz't may concern." a v i Be it known that'I, HAROLD F.Mni-IoNn'r, a citizen of the United States of America, residing atSchenectady, in the county of Schenectady and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in F lagstaif Holders, ofwhich the following'is a specification;

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in flagstaff holders and has particular reference to a holder for resilientlysupporting a flag staff in a manner to permit longitudinal adjustment ofthe flag staff to vary the position of the outer flag carrying end.

The primary object of the invention resides in the provision of a flagstaff holder wherein a base supporting member is mount edupon the windowsill or other object, a Wire frame being carried by each end of thesupport upon which the flag staff is mounted while a tensioned armarranged intermediate the end frames and carried by said support engagesthe flag staff for frictionally holding the same in its ad usted posrtion and permitting shifting movement thereof to vary the position ofthe outer ends of the staff supporting the flag relative to thesupporting member.

With the above general objects in view and others that will appear asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists ofthe novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing, wherein like reference characters designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a flag staff holder constructedin accordance with the present invention, the same being shownoperatively mounted upon a suitable support with a flag staff mountedtherein,

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the holder showing the tensioned flagstaff gripplng arm carried by the base support, and

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view taken on line III-III of Fig. 1showing one of the end frames for supporting the flag staff.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying'drawing, there isillustrated a flag staff holder embodying a base plate 1, pref erablyrectangular in plan view and constructed of any suitable material, suchas wood or the-like-adapted formounting upon a support 2 by'fastening'devices 3.

A support for a flag staff is carried by each end ofthe plate 1, thesame being in the form of a wire frame-embodying perpendicular side legs4 angularly bent at their lower ends as at. 5 to be secured int-he endof the baseplate said wire frame being bent downwardly at the upper endthereof to provide a central V-shaped support 6 for the flag staff 7.

Means is associated with the base plate 1 and the flag staff 7 forholding the flag staff in adjusted position upon the end frame 4 andincludes tensioned clamping wire frames having a cross rod 8 encircledby a coil spring 9, the end 10 of which is anchored to the base plate 1,while the other end 11 overlies the adjacent side arm 12 of the clampingframe, said frame being pivotally supported upon the base plate 1 bystaples 13. The forward ends of the side legs 12 converge toward eachother to form a bent up lift 14 which overlies the shaft 7 as shown inFigs. 1 and 2.

From the above detail description of the device, it is believed that theconstruction and operation thereof will at once be apparent, it beingnoted that the flag staff 7 is mounted upon the end frame 4 in theV-shaped portions 6 thereof extends through the clamping frameresiliently mounted upon the base plate 1, the coil spring 9 causing theforward end of said clamping frame to frictionally engage the upper sideof the flag staff to retain the same in an adjusted set position withthe flag 7 positioned the gesired distance from the supporting mem-While there is herein shown and described the preferred embodiment ofthe present invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minorchanges may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scopeof the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is:

1. In a flag staff holder, a base plate, a separate staff supportingwire frame at each end of the plate and resilient gripping means for aflag staff intermediate the ends of said base plate and spaced from thestaff supporting frame.

2. In a flag staff holder, a base plate, a separate staff supportingwire frame at each end of the plate and resilientgripping means flagstajfi .iritermediate the ends of said base plate and spaced from thestaff supporting frames said end frames being formed of wire and bent toinclude V-shapcd stafi supporting arms open 'at the upper sides thereof.

3. In a flag staff holder, a. base plate, a separate staff supportingwire frame at each end of the plate resilient gripping means fora flagstaff intermediate the ends of said base plate and spaced from the staffsup-o porting frames, said. resilient gripping means including asubstantially rectangular wire frame hingedly supported on the baseplate thro ugh which a flag staff extends, and a coil spring associatedwith pivotal mounting thereof for placing the same under tension. a

4:. Ina flag staff holder, a base plate, a separate staff supportingwire frame carried by each end of the base plate and includingperpendicular side legs and a V-shaped depressed central portion, a wireclamping frame pivotally supported on the base plate and spaced from thestaff supporting frames, a coil spring associated with the pivotalconnection for moving the clamping frame intofrictional engagement witha flagstaff and a finger extension carried by the clamping frame abovethe flag staff. t

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

HAROLD F. MAHONEY.

